Price inflation
According to the official report, food prices have gone up just over 5% in the last year.
I am shopping at the wrong places? Because it seems to me that food has gone up way more than 5%.
The other inflation estimates in the report seem way off, too with an estimate of overall prices increasing a mere 2.3% for everything.
Source:
http://www.ameinfo.com/qatar-statistics-authority-releases-consumer-pric...
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Re: price differences in KSA cf Qatar - but as g269 mentioned the common customs union and tariffs, the cause for the differences are probably the middle men, right?
As Britex mentioned, it cannot be the transport costs jacking up the prices cos KSA is so near to Qatar and has a superhighway (toll free, by the way) linking the border to Doha and other parts of the country. ... not like my place, toll everywhere :0(
For milk 2 liters it is 11 riyals. If anyone charges more, you can call consumer dept.
Why there is no MRP printed on the products. It gives the seller to take their chances depending on the buyer.
Molten – Investing in good stock market needs big money. The useless loss making companies share values are also very high. It is all manipulation now days and instead of multiplication, division takes place.
Molten, again... don't tell me, you can go and tell the laborers.
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Brit, I think you can report them to the consumer affairs dept.
My favourite is warm sweetened fresh milk.
Anyone who invested in Indian stock market in 2009 'some' selected schemes earned over 100% return in 18 months.
Price rise does not bite them.
I paid 12.50 at Ezdan. Actually it was 13;00 because the silly woman didn't have change. :o(
where is it 12.50 for a 2 lt milk in Doha, Brit?
the max price fixed is QR 11 for a 2 lt milk.
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"Investment in stock market would be a good idea to win over inflation than just complaining about it to our host."
You go and tell that to a taxi driver.
Having moved recently from Dubai to Doha, I was surprised to note the price difference in a number of products. About milk, as an exmaple, the Al Marai Full Fat which is made in Saudi Arabia costs SAR 7.5 in KSA, AED 10 in UAE and QAR 11 in Qatar. If you buy from a corner store, it will be QAR 12.
In the overall scheme of things, it means nothing to my monthly budget but I cannot understand why products are more expensive here. From essentials to luxuries, there is a minimum price difference of 7-8% from other gulf countries. The GCC countries have a common customs union so it is not like goods entering into Qatar have to pay duty different from other gulf countries. There may be aditional transport cost but that does not justify such a big price difference.
Only thing that I can think of is that businesses here want higher margins. I would like to see a not-for- profit co-operative store in Doha (not sure if there already are some) selling products at lower prices. People may never shop there but atleast they wont complain.
or does one have to fight for it, or is it only applicable for certain types of work...
...I am packed and ready to get there and then all these posts about inflation.. but i am leaving singapore where our rains have been replaced by inflation so i am less worried, but worried none-the-less give the size of my family
More than 100%
only if you're offering brit.
Can't you get some rich Western expat to adopt you ?
beer & rent are my main indicators, and based on current trends i'll have to give up housing soon.
Yes, nothing says quality like bananas in Qatar.
Thing is, IF the quality of food available here was as high as the price it is sold for, I would not mind so much.
Unfortunately this is far from being the case.
Even those herbs and greens that are grown here are of atrocious quality.
Understood, brit. So, we have 5 Riyals for greediness. Lol.
wathan mall is a family mall....underpaid workers have to visit FFC,lulu,quality,safari or meera where onions r price Qr2.00 and upwards
The Al-Marai farms are around Riyadh.
The Milk, juices are transported in refrigerated trucks to the far reaches of Saudi arabia and sold at 7/8 QR per 2ltre.
Doha is only an hour's drive from teh Saudi border...
I thought, brit talked about Qatari milk, like Chadeer. Keeping cows in Qatar is more expensive than in the KSA. The food is imported. I wasn't talking about Saudi milk being sold in Qatar. But, maintaining the cooling chain doesn't come for free.
it is prepared and packaged in Saudi and transported to Qatar.
Al-Marai
Eh, its imported....just packaged here. There is no need for the price to be so different.
brit, the food (grass) for the cows in Saudia grows in the KSA, the food for the cows in Qatar also grows in the KSA.
I have sometimes wondered about the costs.
2ltr milk in Saudi - 7 SR
2ltr milk in Qatar - 12.5 QR
Even taking into account transportation costs, it seems a bit excessive.
The reason the prices are high in this country is really quite simple, Qatar does not want any of the money us overpaid and underworked expats earn leaving the country. Do you really think in a free market the rental costs would be as high. Qatar is one giant Cartel where the prices are fixed and manipulated to stay as high as possible.
The worst at M&S is the mark-up on food.
britexpat--Although I am lazy and grossly under qualified and overpaid, the Asian they hired to do all my work for me is really suffering. I am worried he might run away.
What is 5% inflationfor rich,overpaid,underworked westerners :O)
Have a look at marks and Spencer labels....some of them still have the UK price of 50 pounds sterling which equates to approx 250QAR but there is then a sticker over the top charging 495QAR.....I am all for making a profit but that is a bit extreme.
In Maither , Al Rayyan.
tcom, where is al wataniya mall??
A kilo of onion in Al Wataniya mall Al Rayyan-Maither)is QR 1.00 only.
The Qatar statistics authority, according to the article.
price is increased more than 20% dear....howmuch was a kilo of onion in FFC or lulu and howmuch now????
who says 5%
Investment in stock market would be a good idea to win over inflation than just complaining about it to our host.
I appreciate your balancing resolve.
2ndly we don't need / use all our money in our life ...
qatar chamber of comerce need not to ignore the expat living in this country while hiking up the prices over food and shelter...
Only 5 %, our salary hike is more than 10% so we should not mind inflation as every one has right to get raise of 10%.